Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914 Volume 2

Front Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2. Compiled and Edited, with a New Introduction by Mark D. Warren. GGA Image ID # 1e8d17b354

Synopsis

In a format similar to the first book, Volume 2 has 314 pages featuring 53 famous ships of the period. Unquestionably the finest books ever produced on ocean liners, you will be enthralled as you are taken back in time for a journey you will never forget.

Read how the liners were constructed and launched, and see the advertisements from the RMS Olympic's and RMS Titanic's fittings makers. 314 pages. Three hundred thirteen photos, 70 additional illustrations, 29 diagrams, 64 plans, 11 cutaways, five pages of color plates, two tissue subscription forms, 116 outstanding advertisements, and 20 folding ship plans.

Back Cover, Distinguished Liners from The Shipbuilder - 1907-1914, Volume 2. GGA Image ID # 1e8d2b0139

Listing of Ships Included in this Volume

1. Afrique
2. Alcantara
3. Alsatian
4. Appam
5. Aquitania
6. Arlanza
7. Asturias
8. Bergensfjord
9. Bismarck
10. Britannic
11. Calgarian
12. Cap Polonio
13. Cap Trafalgar
14. City of Exeter
15. City of Paris
16. Columbus
17. Congress
18. Corsican
19. Empress Ekaterina II
20. Franconia
21. Gablonz
22. Gelria
23. Grampian
24. Heliopolis
25. Hesperian
26. Imperator
27. Kaiser Franz Josef I
28. Kristianiafjord
29. Laconia
30. Marienbad
31. Martha Washington
32. Medina
33. Morea
34. Niagara
35. Oceania
36. Orama
37. Orsova
38. Orvieto
39. Osterley
40. Otranto
41. Otway
42. Pastores
43. President Grant
44. Principessa Jolanda
45. Statendam
46. Tubantia
47. Vandyck
48. Vasari
49. Vaterland
50. Vauban
51. Vestris
52. Waratah
53. William O'Swaldt

Summary

Lavishly illustrated, each volume carries many photographs, including ships, their interiors, machinery, fittings, construction and launching.

Volume 2 is 304 pages, followed by eight pages of advertisements and one fold-out advertisement.

The following ships are detailed in Volume 2 of the The Shipbuilder 1907 - 1914:

1. Cunard Twin Screw Steamer "Franconia" (Sister ship of the SS Laconia) - Deck Plan plates
2. Twin Screw Passenger Liners and Cargo Steamers "Gablonz" and "Marienbad" Plan of Engine Room; Section through Engine Room; Plan of after Boiler Room; Deck Plans; Section through forward Boiler Room.
3. Allen Liner Alsatian - Elevation of Engine and boiler rooms; Deck Plan Plates; 3 additional Engine Room Cross Sections
4. Cunard Liner Aquitania - Deck Plan Plates; Engine Room Plates & Elevations
5. Imperator - Deck plan plates; Engine Room Elevations
6. Cap Trafalgar - Engine Room Elevations; Deck Plan Plates

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Author: Mark D. Warren, Ed.
• Main Title: Distinguished liners from The shipbuilder; compiled and edited with a new introduction by Mark D. Warren.
• Published/Created: New York : Blue Riband Publications, 1995-<1997 >
• Edition: Limited, deluxe, boxed edition.
• Description: v. <1-2 > : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
• ISBN: 0964815303 (v. 1 : alk. paper), 0964815311 (v. 2 : alk. paper)
• LC classification (full): VM381 .D57 1995
• LC classification (partial): VM381
• Cover title: Shipbuilder
• Related titles: Shipbuilder (London, England)
• Related names: Warren, Mark D.
• Incomplete contents: v. 1. 1906-1914 -- v. 2. 1907-1914
• Subjects: Ocean liners--History--20th century.
• LCCN: 95036645
• Dewey class no.: 387.2/432/0904
• Type of material: Book